Colorado makes big push for telehealth

United Healthcare and Centura Health, Colorado's largest provider, announced the launch of Connecdt Care, which gives patients in four rural communities expanded access to physicians and specialists using telehealth technologies.

Connected Care clinics, which use advanced audio, video and medical technologies to link patients with Centura Health's network of physicians hundreds of miles away, have started providing care at Buena Vista Family Practice in Buena Vista, High Plains Community Health Center in Lamar, St. Vincent General Hospital in Leadville and Rio Grande Hospital in Del Norte. Patients at these four rural facilities will connect with physicians based in Denver, Littleton and Pueblo for routine and specialty care services, creating an experience that feels as real as an in-person consultation.